2016年CRI Confucius Institute Conference attracts 2,400 Chinese teaching professionals

 

The annual gathering¹, also called the "Davos of the education sector," has attracted some 2,400 representatives of universities and diplomats² from 140 countries.

The two-day conference also includes 14 forums³ for university presidents and Confucius Institute heads to exchange views, with other cultural events, and exhibitions displaying teaching materials for overseas Chinese learners, as well as creative works from Confucius Institutes worldwide.

Chinese Vice⁴ Premier⁵ Liu Yandong, during her speech at the Conference on Saturday, highlighted the themes of this year's conference, which are "innovation, cooperation, inclusion and sharing" to promote culture diversity.

"We will let Confucius institutes to intergrate with the 'One Belt and One Road' initiative, to promote cooperative mechanisms⁶ in different regions and countries, so as to exchange experiences and share resources."

The Confucius Institute is a non-profit public educational organization under China's Ministry⁷ of Education, which provides funding, teachers and teaching materials for overseas Chinese language and cultural courses.

Ru Yi, a Hungarian teacher of the Chinese language, says Chinese is becoming more and more important to her country.

"Though studying Chinese is not an easy tasks, I see Chinese getting more important in the Hungarian foreign language system. And I am right as a matter of fact; Hungary is the first country to sign a cooperation agreement with China in Europe, after China proposed the One Belt One Road initiative. Sentiment for learning Chinese is getting hotter."

Initiated⁸ in 2004, the Confucius Institute program has satisfied the surging overseas demand for Chinese-language learning.

Up to now, 511 Confucius Institutes and 1,073 Confucius Classrooms have been set up in 140 countries and regions, with a total recruitment of more than 5 million Chinese learners.

Li Yuanyuan, President of Jilin University in northeast China, says apart from being hubs for teaching and learning, the institutes also serve as a bridge for understanding and cooperation.

"My university and Rutgers University in the United States, jointly⁹ built a Confucius Institute in the US. Since then, the collaboration¹⁰ has expanded to other areas as well. We helped Rutgers build a Chinese study center, and the Rutgers has set up a curriculum for our Chinese students to spend time in the US. We hold theme weeks in both our universities to celebrate our collaboration, and the Confucius Institutes has helped the two universities become true partners in educational exchanges."

Working closely with overseas universities is part of the Confucius Institute's plan to intermix with local cultures. For CRI, I'm Min Rui.

1 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

2 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 forums   

讨论会； 座谈会； 广播专题讲话节目； 集会的公共场所( forum的名词复数 )； 论坛，讨论会，专题讨论节目； 法庭

参考例句：

• A few of the forums were being closely monitored by the administrators. 有些论坛被管理员严密监控。
• It can cast a dark cloud over these forums. 它将是的论坛上空布满乌云。

4 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

6 mechanisms   

n.机械( mechanism的名词复数 )；机械装置；[生物学] 机制；机械作用

参考例句：

• The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms. 这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He explained how the two mechanisms worked. 他解释这两台机械装置是如何工作的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

8 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

9 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

10 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。